USA Today: Dean scream gaining cult-like status on Web

[Feanorcurufinwe]

It's been dubbed the "I Have a Scream" speech, delivered on — of all days — the Martin Luther King holiday. Howard Dean, off a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses, let loose with a primal scream Monday night that seems to have inspired a generation.

By Wednesday, the young voters that Dean had hoped to attract — or at least the techno-wizards among them — had set his words to music and created a handful of audio remixes that contained all or parts of Dean's 61-word screed. The more educational ones even featured Dean's dramatic reading of the names of 13 states. But the highlight of the mixes was the creative use of Dean's closing shriek.

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The late-night talkers also weighed in. "Did you see Dean's speech last night? Oh my God! Now I hear the cows in Iowa are afraid of getting mad Dean disease," Jay Leno said. "It's always a bad sign when at the end of your speech, your aide is shooting you with a tranquilizer gun."

And David Letterman: "Here's what happened: The people of Iowa realized they didn't want a president with the personality of a hockey dad."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-01-22-dean-usat_x.htm

[eyesroll]

1. I'm willing to bet that at least a few of the audio files came from Dean

supporters. Why not? Sounds like fun.

[HereSince1628]

2. See? They watch the echo chamber like hawks!

By the way a screed is defined as an extended tirade...

I am not sure of quite how 61 words works that way, BUT I am sure that someone's thesaurus was involved.